false asphodel

1. 1.

   a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   NarrowerScotch asphodel

   Part ofTofieldia

Questions about false asphodel

What does false asphodel mean?

false asphodel means "a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers".

Is false asphodel a common word?

false asphodel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.